Christine's Creative Nook

Hello my crafty friends! Today I have for you a slimline card that I created for my daughter-in-law's birthday.  I have used   Spellbinders Susan's Garden new release Birds & Bees.   I have used Black Eyed Susan S2-376, Pom Pom Dahlia S4-1317 and 3D Embossing Folder Basket of Sunflowers E3D-043 .  The Happy Birthday are Karen Burniston Dies.  The cattails are some that I had created a while ago using Yes Glue and brown FlowerSoft (FlowerSoft is no longer available unfortunately). Card base is 3-1/2" X 8-1/2" using black cardstock.  White cardstock cut 3-1/4" X  8-1/4" then embossed using Basket of Sunflower Embossing Folder and attached to card front using Bearly Art Glue. Spellbinders Susan's Garden Specialty Paper used for all flowers and watercolor paper for the leaves. Olo markers were used to color all then I shaped all with Susan's Garden Specialty Paper.   Susan has YouTube videos on creating the Black Eyed Susa n found her...

Hello my crafty friends! It has been a while since I have posted as I have been enjoying my summer outside as much as possible as winter in Maine is long and cold. Today I finally have a card I have created using Spellbinders Susan's Garden newest release called Birds & Bees Garden   I have used the Blackeye Susan  S2-376 and S4-1320 Autumn Foliage . Card Base is 5" X 7" Black Cardstock.  First mat layer is red cardstock cut to 4-3/4" X 6-3/4" adhered to card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. Second  mat layer is black & white plaid cut 4-1/2" X 6-1/2" adhered to card front and adhered with Clear Double Sided Adhesive. From white cardstock I cut a large oval big enough for my wagon then I embossed using Susan's Bamboo 3D embossing Folder E3D-044 from the Painters Garden Release.   I attached oval to center of card front using Clear Double Sided Adhesive. My wagon is a Cricut die cut which I attached to card front using dimensional ...

Hello Everyone thank you for stopping by my blog today.  My post today is a new challenge for Susan's Garden Design Team.   This Month we have been challenged to use 2-3 of Susan's new releases - I have chosen 3 the Black-Eyed Susan and 2 of the new ferns Maiden Hair and Ostrich. Be sure to go to Elizabeth Craft Designs to see more of Susan's new releases and enter the challenge drawing for a chance to win a prize. For today’s challenge Elizabeth Craft Designs  are giving away a  $20 Gift Card to use on the Elizabeth Craft Designs website   to 3 winners.  To enter simply leave a comment on the  Elizabeth Craft Designs Challenge post and tell us "What products from Susan's new release are at the top of your wish list ? ” We will select 3 lucky winners in a random drawing The winners will be announced on Friday, November 17th, on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.  ***************   Here is how it was done. Using Els van de Burgt Studio ...